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Description: Vessel stand in the form of an ibex, from Sumer, Early Dynastic III Period (ca. 2600-2350). Provenience unknown, most likely from a cultic context. Made in arsenical copper, inlaid with lapis lazuli and shell (right eye ; left eye is lost and replaced with wax)), cast with the lost-wax technique.
Title: Vessel stand with ibex support - MET - ED III
Credit: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/329091
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